MODIFICATION
A -- Student Services - Laboratory
- Notice Date
- 3/9/2004
- Notice Type
- Modification
- NAICS
- 541990
— All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
- Contracting Office
- Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Acquisition Management, RTP Procurement Operations Division, E105-02, 4930 Page Road, Research Triangle Park, NC, 27711
- ZIP Code
- 27711
- Solicitation Number
- RFQ-RT-04-00022
- Response Due
- 3/17/2004
- Archive Date
- 4/1/2004
- Point of Contact
- Ardra Morgan, Contracting Officer, Phone 919.541.3670, Fax 919.541.0611, - Ardra Morgan, Contracting Officer, Phone 919.541.3670, Fax 919.541.0611,
- E-Mail Address
-
morgan.ardra@epa,gov, morgan.ardra@epa,gov
- Description
- XN1819 United States Environmental Protection Agency Office of Research and Development Immediate Office of the Assistant Administrator The Mid-Continent Ecology Division (MED) of the National Health and Environmental Research Laboratory (NHEERL), Office of Research and Development (ORD) at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is seeking a college student to provide services under a contractual agreement to assist with evaluating thyroid toxicity in amphibians. NHEERL is responsible for conducting and supporting high quality research targeted to understanding and resolving the nation?s most serious environmental threats. ORD develops methods and techniques to reduce exposure to pollution and prevent its creation. ORD prepares health and ecological risk assessments and makes recommendations for sound risk management strategies in order to ensure the highest-risk pollution problems receive optimum remediation. The student contractor will assist in developing testing methods for chemical disruption of the thyroid axis in amphibians. The student contractor must be enrolled in, or recently completed a B.S. program majoring in biology, chemistry, environmental science, or a related field at an accredited college/university. The student must be familiar with basic laboratory health and safety. This work is to begin approximately on April 1, 2004 and end approximately March 31, 2005 with an option to continue an additional year It is anticipated that the student contractor will/may work up to 40 hours per week. The majority of the work will be Monday through Friday between the hours of 6:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. The duty location is Mid-Continent Ecology Division, 6201 Congdon Blvd, Duluth, MN 55804. Work will be primarily performed in a laboratory but some field work may be required. The hourly rate is commensurate with the level of education and experience as follows: $13.24 per hour for a student who has completed a BA/BS, $16.40 per hour for a student who has completed a BA/BS and one year of graduate school, and $20.07 per hour for a student who has completed an MA/MS. Student contractors will be paid the basic hourly rate only for the number of hours worked and do not receive overtime premium for any hours worked beyond the 40-hour week. Student contractors do not accrue leave or holiday benefits and are not paid for any non-work days, regardless of the reason. Federal, State, Local, and Social Security taxes will not be withheld; student contractors are responsible for reporting income to authorities and paying all taxes. Student contractors are responsible for all costs of transportation to and from the principal duty station location. EPA does not provide housing, meals or other living expenses while working at the principal duty station. Recent graduates are eligible as long as graduation occurred no more than one year ago. Non-U.S. citizens may be eligible to participate, depending on their immigration status and the applicable regulations of the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS). To apply for this position, you must submit a one or two page resume or statement of qualifications including: student?s full legal name; mailing address; telephone number; email address (if any); date of birth; Social Security Number; place of birth; citizenship and, if not a US citizen, immigration/VISA status; education, including description of course work in biology/chemistry and total number of hours; work or volunteer experience related to the scientific field; laboratory work experience; and attach a copy of the most recent transcript, listing courses taken, GPA in sciences. Two letters of recommendation are suggested. Send your resume or statement of qualifications to: Ardra Morgan-Kelly, via email morgan-kelly.ardra@epa.gov or by fax at (919) 541-4273. The application deadline will be listed at the website shown below. Prior to applying for this position, you should visit the EPA Procurement home page at http://www.epa.gov/oam/rtp_cmd/ to learn full details of the position for which you are applying. Under the section entitled "XN1819 - Student Services Duluth MN", read all the attached documents. You should visit the website periodically to check the status of this procurement and to see whether or not any changes have been made to the position. The Government will make contract award(s) based on the student?s work experience, knowledge and skills, training and course work as it relates to the services as described in the Announcement. Students who perform under contract for EPA will be required to undergo a background check, check of FBI fingerprint files and a suitability determination by the Environmental Protection Agency. Questions regarding the technical aspects of the selected student's duties and responsibilities should be directed to the EPA mentor, Sigmund Degitz at degitz.sigmund@epa.gov. Questions regarding application procedures should be addressed to the Contracting Officer, Ardra Morgan-Kelly at morgan-kelly.ardra@epa.gov NOTE: THIS NOTICE WAS NOT POSTED TO FEDBIZOPPS.GOV ON THE DATE INDICATED IN THE NOTICE ITSELF (09-MAR-2004). IT ACTUALLY APPEARED OR REAPPEARED ON THE FEDBIZOPPS SYSTEM ON 10-MAR-2004. PLEASE CONTACT fbo.support@gsa.gov REGARDING THIS ISSUE.
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